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Historic Red Schoolhouse featured in the 2015 Home & Garden TV Special

Comfortable, quiet home in Pittsfield minutes from Tanglewood, Berkshire Theatre Festivals and other year round attractions. Oldest one room school house in New England and listed as a U.S. National Historic Place. Built in 1825 and rebuilt 1843 after a fire it has been used continually by the community until being converted to a private residence in 1985. The home was completely renovated in 2010 with glass and tile bathroom and updates throughout the 1000 square foot interior located in the middle of an acre wooded lot on a quiet mountain road. The bedroom with a queen sized bed is in the upstairs loft. The ground floor has the bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, the original blackboard, very large windows, a great room with dining table for eight, gas ceramic stove, sofa and TV/DVD entertainment center. The sofa can be converted to a queen size bed for guests or kids or to sleep in front the fireplace in the winter. The wooded lot is fenced in for pet safety with a pond and running brook on the two sides. The stone patio has a dining table and chairs for four, charcoal grill, Adirondack chairs and hammock under the trees near the fire pit.
Keywords: house, berkshire, pet, friendly, schoolhouse, historic

Historic Red Schoolhouse featured in the 2015 Home & Garden TV Special

Comfortable, quiet home in Pittsfield minutes from Tanglewood, Berkshire Theatre Festivals and other year round attractions. Oldest one room school house in New England and listed as a U.S. National Historic Place. Built in 1825 and rebuilt 1843 after a fire it has been used continually by the community until being converted to a private residence in 1985. The home was completely renovated in 2010 with glass and tile bathroom and updates throughout the 1000 square foot interior located in the middle of an acre wooded lot on a quiet mountain road. The bedroom with a queen sized bed is in the upstairs loft. The ground floor has the bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, the original blackboard, very large windows, a great room with dining table for eight, gas ceramic stove, sofa and TV/DVD entertainment center. The sofa can be converted to a queen size bed for guests or kids or to sleep in front the fireplace in the winter. The wooded lot is fenced in for pet safety with a pond and running brook on the two sides. The stone patio has a dining table and chairs for four, charcoal grill, Adirondack chairs and hammock under the trees near the fire pit.
Keywords: house, berkshire, pet, friendly, schoolhouse, historic

Historic Red Schoolhouse featured in the 2015 Home & Garden TV Special

Historic Red Schoolhouse featured in the 2015 Home & Garden TV Special

Comfortable, quiet home in Pittsfield minutes from Tanglewood, Berkshire Theatre Festivals and other year round attractions. Oldest one room school house in New England and listed as a U.S. National Historic Place. Built in 1825 and rebuilt 1843 after a fire it has been used continually by the community until being converted to a private residence in 1985. The home was completely renovated in 2010 with glass and tile bathroom and updates throughout the 1000 square foot interior located in the middle of an acre wooded lot on a quiet mountain road. The bedroom with a queen sized bed is in the upstairs loft. The ground floor has the bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, the original blackboard, very large windows, a great room with dining table for eight, gas ceramic stove, sofa and TV/DVD entertainment center. The sofa can be converted to a queen size bed for guests or kids or to sleep in front the fireplace in the winter. The wooded lot is fenced in for pet safety with a pond and running brook on the two sides. The stone patio has a dining table and chairs for four, charcoal grill, Adirondack chairs and hammock under the trees near the fire pit.
Keywords: house, berkshire, pet, friendly, schoolhouse, historic

Overview

Comfortable, quiet home in Pittsfield minutes from Tanglewood, Berkshire Theatre Festivals and other year round attractions. Oldest one room school house in New England and listed as a U.S. National Historic Place. Built in 1825 and rebuilt 1843 after a fire it has been used continually by the community until being converted to a private residence in 1985. The home was completely renovated in 2010 with glass and tile bathroom and updates throughout the 1000 square foot interior located in the middle of an acre wooded lot on a quiet mountain road. The bedroom with a queen sized bed is in the upstairs loft. The ground floor has the bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, the original blackboard, very large windows, a great room with dining table for eight, gas ceramic stove, sofa and TV/DVD entertainment center. The sofa can be converted to a queen size bed for guests or kids or to sleep in front the fireplace in the winter. The wooded lot is fenced in for pet safety with a pond and running brook on the two sides. The stone patio has a dining table and chairs for four, charcoal grill, Adirondack chairs and hammock under the trees near the fire pit.

Perfect Winter Ski Vacation

I brought my young family from Atlanta to the Berkshires to learn to ski. I learned on Bousquet Mountain when I was in elementary school and not much as changed which is good. The schoolhouse was an added treat for the kids. They were warm and comfortable after a cold day on the slopes in front of the flames from the gas stove in the great room while I fixed a hot dinner. We had several feet of snow and it was perfect for a winter vacation. I'd like to try to come back in the summer to sit in the lawn chairs by the outside fire and explore the area more.

Lovely little intimate getaway spot!

My wife and I escaped to the schoolhouse after the holidays to celebrate the New Year with our little pup and we found it delightful. It's one main space with an open loft for the bedroom which is both cozy and intimate but also doesn't feel like you're right on top of each other which was perfect. Besides a few challenges with a few of the appliances... (washing machine was out of order and the dishwasher was too smart for its own good and would start up on its own) this was a great spot and my wife and I definitely plan to come back at some point in the future!

Good but not great second stay

We came back for a second stay at the Old Schoolhouse after having a wonderful stay in July 2016. Our second stay was good but not great. We had a couple of issues that we reported to the owners - the dishwasher wasn't working. After calling the owners, we did, after much hassle get it going, but the following night the dishwasher again failed to start. This required us to hand wash all dishes the morning of our departure, where the water ran cold part way through (owner sent out someone after we left and reported they found no problem - just strange to have that happen). Not a big deal to hand wash dishes, but you do hope to have everything working when you pay a fairly high amount (so far, no partial refund that I have requested). Stairs up to the bed room are rather slippery which caused our dog to take a couple of tumbles. I have reported this to the owner also.

Owner

About Bob Clydesdale

Bob and Karen Clydesdale bought Morewood from the city in the 1980s while living in the Berkshires. Karen spent three years converting the building from the dirt up with new wide plank floors to the new roof to drag it into the 21st century while preserving the historical exterior and enhancing the grounds and interior ambiance.

Bob Clydesdale purchased this house in 1985

Why Bob Clydesdale chose Pittsfield

Morewood School is located in the center of Berkshire County with a long historical connection to the old Pittsfield families such as the Morewoods, Holmes and Melvilles. The new interior and preserved exterior provides an uncommon comfort level and access to the year round attractions of Western Mass.

What makes this house unique

Minutes to Tanglewood, Jacob's Pillow, Shaker Village, Norman Rockwell Museum, Shakespeare and Berkshire Theatre Festivals, Berkshire Opera House, Pittsfield Country Club, Cranwell Golf Course and Spa, Baseball Museum, Wahconah Baseball Park, Lenox and Great Barrington antique shopping, fine dining throughout the County, boating and fishing on many lakes. Located at the base of Bousquet Mountain ski resort and a short drive to Jiminy Peak and other down hill and cross country ski areas. Located two hours from Boston and NYC and only eight miles north of the last exit on the Mass Turnpike, Morewood is the perfect Berkshire vacation spot.

Guestbook comments from the owner

For those who visit the Berkshires from Germany I offer a review in our language. After a fall visit I decided to try a winter month. Well, who could guess that it would snow so much and be so cold in February. The cottage has welcomed me with a warmth and from the first moment I felt at home. It has been lovingly restored. The kitchen is well equipped and had comfortable bed linen and warm blankets in the loft. The location is ideal for exploring the area and the supermarket is not far away. Although I was alone in this adorable house, my stay was great and I plan to another one month there. Minor problems with the very cold weather were quickly is fixed. It's beautiful!

Take the back road short cut to the Tanglewood parking lot past the winding river through the hills and valleys. Berkshires have long been known as a cultural destination. Now, longtime arts and culture heavyweights like Tanglewood in Lenox and MASS MoCA in North Adams are being joined by an explosion of smaller galleries, and the shops and services that come along with them. Meanwhile, the food scene plays to the area’s strengths — farm-fresh produce, artisanal cheeses and pasture-raised meats. Farmers’ markets from tiny to huge take over parking lots and fields on weekend mornings.

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